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"Happy To Be In 'Functional' Party": Ex-Congress Leader PC Chacko On NCP

Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday March 16, 2021, New Delhi

Former Kerala Congress leader PC Chacko will joined the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party today. After having been a part of it for decades, he quit his former organisation on March 10 following differences over seat allocation.

"Kerala's Opposition To Divisive Forces Must Not Weaken": Pinarayi Vijayan

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday March 16, 2021, Dharmadom, Kannur

Preparing to defend the Left's last bastion in India this time, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is confident that "people are with him" in his battle against "massive anti-constitutional forces". The 75-year-old Communist is set to contest the Assembly poll from the Dharmadom constituency in Kannur district, which, if he wins, will initiate his sixth term as MLA. Known to be a straight-talker and a no-nonsense politician, he is looking to break the state's decades-old record of an incumbent Chief Minister not securing a second consecutive term.

After Shaving Head, Congress's Women Wing Chief In Kerala Resigns

Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 16, 2021, Thiruvananthapuram/Ettumanoor

A day after she resigned as Mahila Congress chief and tonsured her head in protest following denial of ticket, Lathika Subhash on Monday quit the party and decided to contest as an independent for the April 6 assembly election from Ettumanoor in Kottayam.

Kerala MBA Grad Says Won't Contest Day After BJP Names Him As Candidate

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday March 15, 2021, Thiruvananthapuram

A 31-year-old MBA graduate, enlisted by the BJP to contest next month's Kerala elections from the Mananthawady seat in the Wayanad district, has declined to contest the polls and announced that he was quitting politics.

Pinarayi Vijayan Good Chief Minister For His Party, Not Kerala: ''Metro Man'' E Sreedharan

Press Trust of India | Monday March 15, 2021, Palakkad

Launching his campaign, BJP candidate in Palakkad "Metro Man" E Sreedharan on Monday said the party is fighting the elections on the plank of development and reasserted his claim that the NDA will formthe government in Kerala after the April 6 Assembly polls.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Files Nomination From Dharmadam Seat

Press Trust of India | Monday March 15, 2021, Kannur

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is contesting the April 6 Assembly polls in the state from Dharmadam constituency here, filed his nomination papers on Monday morning.

Denied Ticket, Kerala Congress Women's Unit Chief Resigns, Shaves Head

Press Trust of India | Sunday March 14, 2021, Thiruvananthapuram

In an embarrassment to the Congress in Kerala, party's women's wing President Lathika Subhash on Sunday resigned from the post hurt over the denial of Ettumanoor seat to her, shortly after the candidates list for the April 6 Assembly polls was released in New Delhi.

Oommen Chandy, Ramesh Chennithala In Congress's Kerala List Of Candidates

Press Trust of India | Sunday March 14, 2021

The Congress on Sunday announced its candidates for the April 6 Kerala assembly polls, fielding former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy from Puthuppally and Leader of the Opposition in the assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, from Haripad.

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan To Fight On Seat Where BJP Came 2nd In 2016

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday March 14, 2021

'Metro Man' and BJP's freshly minted member E Sreedharan will fight the Kerala assembly election from Palakkad, the party has said. The BJP has only one MLA in the state ruled by the Left Democratic Front, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

BJP To Contest 115 Seats In Kerala Assembly Elections, Says Party Leader

ANI | Sunday March 14, 2021, New Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala chief K Surendran on Saturday said the party will fight on 115 seats and its allies will contest the remaining 25 seats in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.

Protest Outside Oommen Chandy's House Over Poll Ticket Speculation

Press Trust of India | Saturday March 13, 2021, Thiruvanathapuram

Amid speculation that former chief minister Oommen Chandy will contest from Nemom in the April 6 Assembly polls, Puthuppally, his home constituency in Kottayam district, witnessed dramatic scenes on Saturday as a group of Congress workers staged a protest near his h

Congress To Announce Candidates For Kerala Assembly Polls On Sunday: Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy

ANI | Saturday March 13, 2021, Kochi (Kerala)

Congress leader and former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday said that the party will announce its list of candidates for Kerala Assembly polls on Sunday.

Meet IUML's Only Woman Candidate In 25 Years For Kerala Assembly Polls

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Priyanka Rudrappa | Saturday March 13, 2021

For the first time in 25 years, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the main ally of Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala, has fielded a woman candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections.

Congress Leader Accuses Kerala Chief Minister Of Violating Poll Code

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 11, 2021, Thiruvananthapuram

Opposition Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has approached the Election Commission against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan forallegedly violating the model code of conduct in his press meets after the declaration of the April 6 Assembly polls.

No More PM Photo On Covid Vaccination Certificates In Poll-Bound States

Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday March 11, 2021, New Delhi

The certificates issued against Covid-19 vaccination in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, will no longer carry Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo. This decision has been taken by the Union Health Ministry under the direction of the Election Commission after the Trinamool Congress pointed out that it was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.